| Whether your living room is a 21 foot length with | | | | and the ceiling. I would use matt paint on my walls |
| a large picture window at one end or you live in a | | | | and a paint with some kind of sheen on the |
| tiny apartment and the living room is bijou to say | | | | mouldings. |
| the least, there are living room décor ideas to | | | | For windows, to add height, place the curtain pole |
| suit you and your budget. You can go for cozy | | | | as high as possible near to the ceiling. This will give |
| chic and warm up your living space or go for | | | | your curtains plenty of drop to achieve an elegant |
| open-plan with vaulted ceilings and an expanse of | | | | drape. Modern décor arrangements always |
| herringbone hardwood floor. At the end of your | | | | suggest that the fabric should be allowed to pool |
| project you will have ended up with a space that | | | | on the floor - never in my house. To me, artistic |
| you can live in comfortably, decorated according | | | | though it evidently is, this 'pooling' idea for the |
| to the space you have available. Are you aiming | | | | fabric is just a dust collector and, if you have |
| for a peaceful retreat, full of serenity and | | | | dogs like I do, is just asking them to make a bed |
| harmony or a more user-friendly, basic living | | | | out of the fabric! Why did I mention this? Find out |
| space where you feel comfortable slipping your | | | | what the trends are, but that does not mean you |
| shoes off and putting your feet up. | | | | have to follow the trends slavishly. Adapt styles |
| If I was choosing a color scheme for my living | | | | to suit you and your lifestyle. |
| room I would go to the cooler colors on my color | | | | You would think, wouldn't you, that a large picture |
| wheel chart - the blues and greens which can be | | | | placed on the wall in a small room would be |
| used in different shades to achieve a 'joined-up' | | | | overpowering. Surprisingly, it isn't. I have the |
| look of cool elegance. I always make sure that, | | | | tiniest lounge you can imagine and, on the wall |
| when I paint my ceiling, I use a light shade of the | | | | above the fireplace I have a really large picture of |
| room's main color on my ceiling so, if my color | | | | the Defence of Rourke's Drift, depicting the British |
| scheme was blue, I would use the lightest eggshell | | | | soldiers of 'B' Company, South Wales Borderers. |
| blue I could find for my ceiling and then a slightly | | | | This picture is very loud, very busy, with plenty |
| deeper shade of blue for my walls. If you have | | | | going on in it. However, it looks absolutely |
| mouldings you could paint those completely white, | | | | fantastic in that room, almost as if the room was |
| or go for a darker shade of blue to both the walls | | | | made to fit the picture! |